Subject: Re: more xauth problems,
To: Ben Harris <bjh21@netbsd.org>
From: Brian Hechinger <wonko@entropy.tmok.com>
List: port-sparc
Date: 02/16/2001 10:57:07
Ben Harris drunkenly mumbled...
> 
> netbsd:$ ssh -X -f sparc1 xlogo
> 
> This automatically handles the authorisation for you, and runs the X
> protocol over an encrypted tunnel and is generally good unless you're
> particularly short of CPU.
> 
> If you're short of CPU, then you might want to run X without encryption, in
> which case you need to start mucking around with xauth.  The usual magic I'd
> use goes something like this:

or, alternatively you can tell ssh to not use encryption and it will tunnel
the X stuff for you and use very little CPU.

just add -c none to the command.

-brian